SANGRUR, July 17 -- Police detained 10 members of the Safai Sewak Union in Sangrur on Thursday after they attempted to stop the clearance of a garbage dump during their ongoing strike over job regularisation and the abolition of the outsourcing system.

The incident took place after the protesting workers concluded their dharna outside the residence of AAP MLA Narinder Kaur Bharaj. While returning, they noticed a JCB machine and private labourers clearing a garbage dump near Government Ranbir College and tried to stop the operation.

As the workers blocked the JCB, police intervened and used mild force to disperse the protesters before detaining 10 of them.

"We have detained 10 persons, and the process to release them is underway," deput...